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Theoretically, they will see a PDF version. But the warning must be there for a reason, so heed it. Solutions: 1) Copy and paste from Word into Notepad. Proofread it, then copy/paste into the application. Or, 2) type directly into the narrative space.
Your hypothesis-based research report on the formatting issue will reassure others who read this after testing it as you did. Thanks for letting us know the outcome.
It happens that some schools choose an interviewer with expertise in an applicant's area of research. Interviewees are occasionally grilled in great detail about their research methods and understanding of the process, etc and might possibly delve into why the project fell apart if you claim overall responsibility ("What other funding sources did you seek out?", "Why did you lose faculty support?", and "Tell is about how you delegated responsibility in your absence and what happened with that?").
Striving for succinctness is a positive, but you have so much more "life story" to relay than a traditional applicant, that I expect adcomms will want to read what you have to say. Unless you are blathering on. You might get an unbiased opinion from an adviser or English teacher.
Yes, but you might want to title the activity something like Academic Year Research Assistant in the Gomez lab, and/or specify the two spans in the narrative with the hours per week for each span.
1) It's in Post #2, item 6. Personally, I wouldn't bother unless you have other honors or scholarships to report. Your GPA says enough.
These are both most certainly active clinical experiences. To get the physician exposure you need, look for shadowing opportunities. You might ask at your clinical sites where you've met other staff if they can refer you for a shadowing opportunity to any docs affiliated with or referring to the facility.
Good advice, thanks!
1) Yes.
1) Who schedules practices and venues to compete. Who notifies everyone to come. Who keeps track of rankings? Even if you delegated these tasks, that is a leader's role, especially if you kept oversight of the process as one of your responsibilities.
Depending on the purpose of the books and articles, you might use Teaching or Artistic Endeavors. Or, if they are a mixed bag, you could use Other. Or as a last choice, you could use Publications, but title the slot to make it clear it's not related to original research/scholarly investigation, like "Published Fiction" or "Published Commentary on Political Issues" or "Fly-Fishing-Related Publications", or some other catchall phrase that covers the lot. [Especially if you are targeting research-oriented schools, it's probably best not to use Publications, though.]
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Undergraduate (Science?) Writing Endeavors? I don't know enough about the categories you need to cover. I'm sure with some thought you'll come up with something suitable.
Ideally, you wouldn't use the same organization name twice in the same entry. For Organization name , you could use: AED (spelled out, though), Office of Collegiate Affairs (or whatever dept oversees all student organizations), or school name.
Since the experience is >50% active clinical experience, list it under Volunteer - Medical/Clinical, but include the words "& Shadowing" in the title. In the narrative, state that 20 % of the time in the clinic you were able to directly observe a physician doing ?.
There is no need to repeat the same information. The citation alone is sufficient for a Publications space.
You can use an official format or a modified, highly-condensed version if you're short on room, ala post #232 above, so long as an interested adcomm can find the publication.
As you've been picked to take on the leadership roles (similar to an honor or recognition), you could reasonably incorporate a description of your date of onset and future duties in the Research listing. To be sure this isn't missed, you might incorporate it into the Name of the activity, like, "Research Assistant and Interim Project Coordinator-Elect with the Shankar Lab, or somesuch.
Considering the limited space available, I think it would be fine to summarize the jobs you did by saying "I received three promotions, ending as a machine operator", with a brief description, and then a discussion of what you learned, impact, etc. If a typical adult could intuit what you did, detailed description isn't necessary. If the job was highly unusual, providing more information is in order. If a part of the job would translate into skills desirable in a physician, like fine motor skills, dexterity, 3-D visualization, patience, meticulous accuracy, etc, you could highlight that.
1) If you have the space, it's better to use two spots. If you must condense them, then put the contact info in the narrative for the 2nd hospital and specify the number of hours at each location.
The latest end date you are allowed to enter is August 2015. While you could lump current and future hours together, I suggest you either 1) enter the Total Hours you'll have by the time you submit and then list the future intended hours in the narrative. 2) Or, alternatively, list the May hours only, then check the Repeated box to enter the second date span from June 2014 to August 2015, and use the 2nd Total Hours line for the rest.
Ideally, you have the space to split them out and list contact information in the narrative of the 2nd and 3rd that you list. If you don't know a contact, consider using your advisor or PI, or other person who can attest to them.
The application won't allow a future date span so you can do that in June but not now. I really do like that idea, though.
1) Yes, you'd have to wait until June 1 to be allowed to enter a June start date of this year.
I definitely want to give an accurate picture of my accomplishments, and I also don't want to appear to be unable to follow instructions. Thanks for the insight. I really appreciate your help on this thread and elsewhere!
